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BARREL MAKING MACHINE. Y No. 356,217. Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

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FREDERIOH V. ULRICH, OF ROCK FALLS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TO J AMES J. ALLISON, OF SAME PLACE.

BARREL-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,217, dated January 18, 1887.

Application filed April 7, 1886. Serial No. 198,135. No model.)

T all 2 07 it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnion W. ULnIcH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rock Falls, in the county of Whiteside and State of 5 Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-lllaking Machines; and I do-hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the IO art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has reference to barrel-making machines, and pertains more especially to certain mechanism, hereinafter described, for d riving the staves into the truss-hoops.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front eleva- 26 tion of a machine embodying my invention,

the truss-pot B being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the driving-head D.

A is the pedestal or base upon which the machine is supported.

B is the truss-hoop pot, centrally seated on the base A and having its circular inner walls upwardlydivergent. In the inner walls of the pot B, at proper intervals, are formed above each other recesses B, extending entirely 30 around the inner sides of such pot.

B are the usual truss-hoops, supported, re spectively, on the recesses B. 0 represents the stavcs in position in such hoops.

D is the drop-head used to drive by its own 5 gravity the staves 0 into the trusshoops B The machine is operated mainly upon buttertubs and like casks, and by reasonof their flaring top the upper ends of the staves are not transversely horizontal, but have their in- It is obvious that under this condition the dropping of a horizontal surface upon the upper ends of such'staves will bruise and batter the inner edge of the upper ends of the staves. This has been the difficulty with all drop-drivers of which I have knowledge. To obviate this objection I form the lower face, D of the head D into a concave form, so that the portion thereof which comes in contact with the upper 5o edges of the staves shall slope downward outwardly, so as to be parallel with the tops of the staves. r

D is a movable cross-brace, which carries the head I). In each end of the brace D is formed a vertical sleeve, d, ii tted loosely aroun d 5 5- .means of the pulley G-', rigidly fixed on such shaft, or in any other suitable way.

F is a fixed crossbrace, attached to the posts D above the traveling brace I). A short post, e is'sentcd on the brace F, and in the upper end thereof is loosely jonrnaled one end of the horizontal rock-shaft e, the latter being journalcd at its outer end in the top of the post D and being parallel with the shaft G.

Eis a loosepulley, seated loosely on the shaft G- and adapted to wind and unwind the strap E, the lower end of which is suitably connected to the brace D and its upper end to the pulley It.

G is a clutch, feathered on the shaft G and adapted to be thrown into engagementwith the adjacent ratchet end of the pulley E by means of a hand-lever, g fulcrumed on the bar F, and having its upper end bifurcated and seated loosely in an annular groove in the clutch G, whereby such pulley Eis intermittently caused to rotate with the shaft G and raise the drop head or driver D. A ratchet, E is formed on the opposite end of the pulley E. A pawl, c, on the inner end of the shaft 0 is held in engagement with the ratchet E by. the weight of the hand-lever 0 attached to the outer end of the shaft 6.

The lever c is placed in such relation to the projection of the pawl c that when such lever 0 hangs vertically the pawleshall be in engagement with the ratchet E Thus the pawl e continuously holds the pulley E from llIlWlIld ing except when held out of engagement with the ratchet E by means of the hand-lever 5 e". The clutch G is caused to automatically disengage the pulley E by means of a short verticallever, g, fulcrumed on the inner end of the horizontal arm 9, which is attached at its outer end to the part D above the traveling brace D. The upper end of the lever g traverses loosely an annular external groove in the clutch G, or it may be conuected'to the upper end of the lever The lever y is actuated by the diagonal trip (1, aifixed with its upper end outward to the side of the brace D. \Vhen the latter has nearly reached the upper end ofits movement,the trip (1 forces the lower end of the lever g inward, and the upper end ofsuch lever, moving outward,draws the clutch G out of engagement with the pulley E. By pushing the lever e backward, the pawl e is disengaged, and as the pulley E is then free to rotate the brace D falls, carrying with it the drive-head D, which drives the staves G into the loop 13. The lever a" is then released and, swinging into a vertical position, brings the pawl 0 again into engagement with the ratchet E The lower end of the lever g is then moved outward,which throws the clutch G into engagement with the pulley E, and causes the latter to rotate with the shaft G and wind the strap E, and thereby raise the head D. When the latter has reached the proper height, the clutch G is disengaged by the lever g, as aforesaid. and the shalt G turns loosely in the pulley E, the latter being held from turning by the pawl 6 until the shaft e is rocked by the lever e.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

1. The combination of the pot B, provided with recesses B, the head D, provided with lower outwardly-sloped face, D, posts D", brace D, sleeved on said posts and carrying head D, the strap E, connecting the brace D to pulley E, loosely seated on shalt G, and means for intermittingly connecting and disconnecting said shaft and pulley, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the pot B,provided with recesses B, the braceD, sleeved on the posts D and carrying the head D, the strap E,the rotating shaft G,pnlley E,-loosely seated on shaft G, ratchet E,integral with pulley E, pawl 0, seated on shaft 0 and adapted to engage ratchet E", rock-shaft e, and lever e, attached to shaft 0 in such relation to pawl e as that the gravity of lever 6 will hold pawl ein engagement with ratchet E substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

3. In combination with the pot B,provided with recesses 13, the brace D, sleeved vertically onto post D" and carrying the head D, the rotating shaft G pulley E, seated loosely on shaft G and provided with ratchet end B, strap E, connecting brace D with pulley E, clutch G, feathered on shaft G and adapted to engage and disengage ratchet end E of pulley E,and lever g,havingits upper end loosely connected to clutch G, and adapted to throw clutch G into engagement with ratchet Eflsubstantially as shown, and for the purpose mentioned.

4. In combination with pot B, provided with recesses 13, the brace D, provided with trip d and sleeved vertically on posts D and carrying head D, the strap E, the rotating shaft G, pulley E, seated loosely on shaft G and provided with ratchet end E clutch G, feathered on shaft G and adapted to engage ratchet E and the trip-lever g, having its upper end loosely connected to clutch G and adapted to be thrown outward by the trip (1, whereby the clutch G is disengaged from the pulley E automatically, substantially as shown,aud for the purpose described.

In testimony whereot'I affix my siguatu re in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERlCI-I W. ULRICH. lVitnesses:

THOMAS DILLER, H. O. VVA'RD. 

